Authorities have publicly identified eight people who lost their lives in recent weeks to San Diego County traffic crashes, three of them on the same day. The most recent of the roadway fatalities took place shortly before 6 p.m. Thursday, when a Kawasaki motorcycle being ridden by Monterey County r esident Ivan Johnson, 21, collided with a Nissan SUV on southbound Interstate 5 near Pacific Highway in the Middletown area of San Diego, according to the San Diego County Medical Examiner’s Office. Johnson died at the scene of the crash. On March 16, Donna Okamoto of Santa Ana was heading west in a Mitsubishi SUV on state Route 76 near Lilac Road in the rural Pala area about 2:30 a.m. when an eastbound motorist tried to pass another vehicle directly in Okamoto’s path, causing a head-on crash, the medical examiner reported. Paramedics took Okamoto, 58, to Palomar Medical Center in Escondido, where she died. The previous day, a hit-and-run killed a Las Vegas man on a street near MiraCosta College in Oceanside, according to the county agency. Jonathan Lupola, 34, was riding an electric bicycle on Oceanside Boulevard when an unknown type of vehicle struck him, leaving him gravely injured. Following the collision, the motorist continued driving and left the area. Lupola died at Scripps Memorial Hospital La Jolla three days later. On March 14, a 27-year-old motorist suffered fatal injuries in a fiery crash on eastbound Interstate 8 in the College Area. San Diego-area resident William Gonzalez was heading east near College Avenue about 1 a.m. when the Honda sedan he was driving collided with a fuel tanker truck and then struck a center-divider wall. Moments later, an SUV struck his car, causing it to become engulfed in flames. Gonzalez died at the scene of the wreck. On March 9, a Los Angeles man lost his life to a crash in a neighborhood near Leucadia State Beach. Roderick Armstrong, 60, was trying to help his stepfather maneuver a car into a parking space on Jupiter Street in Encinitas about 6 p.m. when the Acura sedan being driven by the older man ran over the victim, leaving him pinned beneath it, the medical examiner reported. After emergency crews freed Armstrong, medics took him to Scripps Memorial Hospital La Jolla, where he was pronounced dead shortly after arrival. In Escondido on March 8, Carrie Livingston, 59, was trying to cross East Washington Street near Ash Street on foot late at night when a Toyota sedan struck her. An ambulance crew took her to Palomar Medical Center, where she was pronounced dead shortly before 12:30 a.m. the following day. Another March 8 traffic crash killed a 36-year-old man in Spring Valley, according to the county agency. Shortly before 7 p.m. that day, Jesse Ramirez of La Mesa collided with a van while riding a Harley-Davidson motorcycle on Sweetwater Springs Boulevard near Rothgard Road. Paramedics took him to Scripps Mercy Hospital in San Diego, where he was pronounced dead. Early that same day, another hit-and-run killed a pedestrian, the medical examiner reported. Tina Smith, 54, was walking across the street on East Plaza Boulevard in National City about 2:15 a.m. when a westbound Chrysler sedan hit her. Smith died at the scene. The unidentified motorist fled, officials said. ...read more read less